To: sinkspur Sounds more like a dumb mom than a Munchhausen's by proxy. With Munchhausen's, the mom appears to be concerned and all the staff loves her for loving her kid. The mom quickly is an expert at all the instructions but then deliberatly does them wrong, but can spout off exactly what she was supposed to do, claiming in great detail she did it (but of course she did not, she does it wrong so she can be the center of attention as the loving mom). This sounds more like a dumb mom, who gets frustrated and just can't...